The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-10-25
BULL FIGHTING IN SAN DIEGO.
A Weak -kneed Creature Cruelty
leased and an Able Bodied Bull Let


Alone.
~ From the San Diego Union.
Promptly at the appointed time and
amid the blast of bugle the four mata
dores, clad in scarlet and each bearing
scarlet shawl entered the arena, accom-
panied by an alleged clown, half scarlet and
half blue, whose strong point lay in his
ability to make people tired. Then two
picadors, both mounted, entered, one
bearing pole with sharp spike in the end
of it, and the other carrying four tined
pitchfork. After many bowls from the
audience a tame, sad-eyed, half starved
little bull ambled in through the gate, as II
his knees were weak and he was looking Tor
place to lean against Then one OF the
picadores jabbed the pitchfork into the
mild-mannered little animal, and the other
picador riding at full speed, 1abbed the
spike into its rump. The brute kicked ana
the crowd howled with delight when he ran
here and there to escape from his persecu-
tors. Here the matadors appeared ON the
scene and shook their scarlet Shawls IN the
facr Of the creature; but he was evidently
church member, and kept his temper. Then
the picadors chased the poor brute about
by iabbing the pitchfork and the spiked pole
into him, until finally the crowd, seeing
that the bull would not fight, yelled: Open
calfm Hes no good" He's Sheep
and such expressions, and, obeying the VIII
of the crowd the gate was opened ana the
bull was chased out.
The performance was gone through with
seventeen different times. and only IN two
instances did the bulls show any inclination
to fight On the first occasion a small but
well-fed animal made n wild lunge at
matador Immediately upon entering the
arena. The matador dropping his scarlet
shawl, fled for protection behind one OF the
five "shieldsr-lttle fences built up just
close enough to the wall of the arena 10
allow a man to slip behind. The bull
tossed the shawl about on its horns, ana
then plunged wildly at another matador,
who quickly sought the protection OF
shield Then the picadores prodded the
brute most numerically, and one of them,
Selling banderilla struc1 1t INTO the neck
of the suffering animal, where it hung, and
was soon covered with blood from the
wound
The brutal treatment, instead Ct angering
the bull, seemed 10 fill him with fear, but
he still continued TO plunge occasionally at
the matadors and would doubtless have
worked himself into n fury had not the
management answed the cry OF couple OF
spectators and turned him out On the
other occasion savage bull was led into the
arena, and, after having received couple
of thrusts from the picadors, began to
snort and paw the ground and make things
decidedly lively for the matadors. Most
of the spectators were cheering themselves
hoarse as every new wound was given the
animal, when suddenly the gate was opened
and out the enraged bull rushed and was
soon beyond the sight of the vaqueros, who
feigned to pursue him. At this the patience
of the crowd seemed to exhaust itself, and
the cheers of but a moment before were
changed to a storm of Kisses and wild bowls,
mingled with cries of "Fraudr' "Put-up
iobh' Give us back our money! etc. The
hand struck up a tune, but It was smothered
by wells, and for a while pandemonium
reigned. From that moment the crowd be
came more and more dissatisfied and began
to leave. and half an hour after it had
dispersed, and even the matadors and
picadores had left the place. 1t was re-
marked that that the show had one good
point: cit had given the civilized specta-
tors just enough of bull fight to show
them what a brutal pastime the genuine
Spanish sport must be-